Felaheen

Author : Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553902419

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Felaheen by Jon Courtenay Grimwood Pdf

“Fast, furious, fun and elegant, the Arabesk trilogy is one of the best things to hit the bookstores in a while.”—SF Revu In a world where secrets kill, an ex-cop discovers he’s got the biggest secret of all. . . . Set in a 21st-century Ottoman Empire, Jon Courtenay Grimwood’s acclaimed Arabesk series is a noir action-thriller with an exotic twist. Here an ex-cop with nothing to lose finds himself on the trail of a man he doesn’t believe in: his father. Ashraf Bey has been a lot of things—and most of them illegal. Now, having resigned as El Iskandryia’s Chief of Detectives, he’s taking stock of his life and there’s not much: a mistress he’s never made love to, a niece everyone thinks is mentally incompetent, and a credit card bill rising towards infinity. With a revolt breaking out across North Africa, the world seems to be racing Raf straight to hell. The last thing he needs is a father he’s never known. But when the old Emir’s security chief requests that Raf come out of retirement to investigate an assassination attempt on His Excellency, that’s exactly what Raf gets. Now, disguised as an itinerant laborer, Raf goes underground to discover a man—and a past—he never knew . . . and won’t survive again. “Felaheen is SF at its most inventive.” –Guardian

Author : Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-08-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553902914

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Stamping Butterflies by Jon Courtenay Grimwood Pdf

A mystery, a thriller, and a cutting-edge sci-fi adventure all in one, Stamping Butterflies bends time, genre, and consciousness itself to tell the spellbinding story of two worlds, three lives, one future–and the question upon which everything depends: who is dreaming whom. . . . From Marrakech to China’s Forbidden City, from a doomed starship carrying a cryogenically preserved crew to an island prison camp, the fate of the world is being played out in the minds of two dreamers. One, a would-be assassin obsessed with enigmatic equations, has set out to kill the U.S. President. The other is a young Chinese emperor ruling thousands of years in the future. Each believes he is dreaming the other. One must change the future; one must change the past. And time is running out for both. Caught in the maelstrom is a motley cast of characters, each an unwitting key to the ultimate fate of both worlds: Moz, a resourceful young Marrakech street punk, and his half-German girlfriend, Malika; Jake Razor, a self-exiled rock star; and psychiatrist Katie Petrov, who finds herself racing against a looming death sentence to pry free the secret of her condemned patient–a secret with the power to restore hope to the future...or stamp it out forever.

Author : Robert J. Brym
Publisher : Springer
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1978-06-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349035687

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Jewish Intelligentsia and Russian Marxism by Robert J. Brym Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UIUC:30112109756137

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Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard by Anonim Pdf

Author : Desmond Bowen,Jean Bowen
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844151523

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Heroic Option by Desmond Bowen,Jean Bowen Pdf

It is a curious paradox that, while for many centuries there has been deep antagonism between the British and the Irish, the latter have fought the former's wars with exemplary courage and tenacity. This has never been better demonstrated than when, as a result of the Irish regiments' superb service in the South African War (Boer War) at the end of the 19th Century, Queen Victoria ordered the formation of the Irish Guards in 1900 as a mark of the Nation's gratitude. Even after the trauma of Partition, Irishmen continued to serve in Irish regiments in large numbers and the tradition continued today. Indeed during the Second World War a very significant number of the most influential generals were of Irish extraction.

Author : Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Publisher : Gollancz
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575085794

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End Of The World Blues by Jon Courtenay Grimwood Pdf

Kit Nouveau didn't escape himself when he flew to Japan. He runs a bar in the Roppongi district of Tokyo and is having an affair with the wife of a High Yakusa ganglord. All things considered being held up at gunpoint isn't a complete shock. The pale girl in the black cloak appearing from nowhere and punching an ivory spike into the man's head on the other hand ... Nijie has stolen fifteen million dollars, she's on the run, she's just killed a man and she has a cat who knows more than it should. It's a lot to deal with when you haven't even left school. But Nijie is really Lady Neku. And it is time for her to stop mewling in the darkness. And suddenly, the girl who became Lady Neku understands she's never really been anyone else. And in a sentient castle at the end of world Lady Neku otherwise known as Baroness Nawa-no-ukiyo, Countess High Strange and chatelaine of Schloss Omga realizes that a man called Kit has stolen some of her memories.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Literature, Modern
ISBN : PSU:000045500398

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The Wide World Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Barry Forshaw
Publisher : Oldcastle Books Ltd
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843446415

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Brit Noir by Barry Forshaw Pdf

Barry Forshaw is acknowledged as a leading expert on crime fiction from European countries, but his principal area of expertise is in the British crime arena, as demonstrated in such books as British Crime Writing, The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction and British Crime Film. After the success of earlier entries in the series, Nordic Noir and Euro Noir, he returns to the British Isles to produce the ultimate reader's guide to modern British crime fiction (taking in the best from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland). The word 'Noir' is used in its loosest sense as every major living British and Irish writer is considered, often through a concentration on one or two key books, and exciting new talents are highlighted for the reader. Forshaw's personal acquaintance with writers, editors and publishers is unparalleled, so Brit Noir features interviews with (and quotations from) the writers, editors and publishers themselves. The characteristics of the very different writing from London, the regions, Scotland, Ireland and Wales are examined and celebrated. 'Unsurprisingly Barry Forshaw's Brit Noir is a wonderful reference book that any self-respecting and serious connoisseur of crime fiction needs to have on their book-shelf' - Shots Magazine 'A must-have for crime fans: for reminding yourself about old favourites, for finding new authors, and for that "What shall we watch?" moment' - Mystery People Look out for the other books in Barry Forshaw's Noir series, Euro Noir, Nordic Noir, American Noir and Historical Noir, and for his latest book, Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide.

Author : Alexander Robertson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : England
ISBN : NYPL:33433075909113

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Lectures, Legal, Political, and Historical by Alexander Robertson Pdf

Author : Kamal Al-Faqih
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780762756490

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Classic Lebanese Cuisine by Kamal Al-Faqih Pdf

Savory, heart-healthy Lebanese recipes from a renowned chef The cuisine of Lebanon epitomizes the best of the Mediterranean diet, which is highly regarded for its positive health benefits. Abounding in vegetables, grains, fresh herbs and spices, poultry, and lamb, it yields meals replete with robust, earthy flavors. In Classic Lebanese Cuisine, Chef Kamal Al-Faqih presents 170 dazzling recipes that reflect the full breadth of authentic Lebanese cuisine. Featuring favorites such as baba ghannouj, tabbouli, and kibbi, this book also presents Al-Faqih's signature classics, like London broil layered with pita and garlic yogurt, and heart-healthy fire-roasted wheat with lamb. With step-by-step instructions accompanied by full-color photographs throughout, this book makes Lebanese cuisine accessible to everyone who seeks to reproduce their favorite flavors and dishes—from the merely curious to more experienced cooks.

Author : Mrs Stueart Erskine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136205552

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Vanished Cities Of Arabia by Mrs Stueart Erskine Pdf

First published in 2008. From the text: Anyone coming from Europe which so much interest centring in the Middle Ages has to customize the eyes to a new focus. It is as if he were to come from a well-kept garden to life in mid-oceans, stretching the eyes over a waste of waters. Everything is so old in the East; and being so old, is apt to be fragmentary. Civilizations come and go; nations have their rise, the of period pf prosperity and then they disappear...

Author : Jeff Halper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429722233

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Between Redemption And Revival by Jeff Halper Pdf

In the Zionist view of Israeli history, the Old Yishuv of Jerusalem - the Jewish community of the 19th and early 20th centuries - was "a lifeless body ruled by hypocrites, cheats and unschooled rabbis", and its importance was downplayed and ignored in this study of the Old Yishuv, Dr Halper uncovers the personalities, issues, and events that formed

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1330 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UCAL:B2898000

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The Modern Review by Anonim Pdf

Includes section "Reviews and notices of books".

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119568678

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The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : IND:30000088258516

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The Parliamentary Debates (official Report). by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords Pdf

Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the session of the Parliament.